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Biography of William Craven 5th Earl Craven 1897-1932

Paternal Family Tree: Craven

On 18th April 1893 [his father] William Craven 4th Earl Craven (age 24) and [his mother] Cornelia Martin Countess Craven (age 21) were married at Grace Church Manhattan. She an heiress bringing an allowance of $75000 per year and property in Mayfair. He the son of [his grandfather] George Grimston Craven 3rd Earl Craven.

On 31st July 1897 William Craven 5th Earl Craven was born to William Craven 4th Earl Craven (age 28) and Cornelia Martin Countess Craven (age 25).

On 14th October 1911 William Craven 5th Earl Craven (age 14) and Mary Williamina George Countess Craven were married. He the son of William Craven 4th Earl Craven (age 42) and Cornelia Martin Countess Craven (age 40).

On 8th September 1917 [his son] William Craven 6th Earl Craven was born to William Craven 5th Earl Craven (age 20) and [his wife] Mary Williamina George Countess Craven.

On 10th July 1921 [his father] William Craven 4th Earl Craven (age 52) drowned having fallen overboard during Cowes Week. His body washed ashore two days later. His son William (age 23) succeeded 5th Earl Craven in Yorkshire, 5th Viscount Uffington, 11th Baron Craven of Hamstead Marshall in Berkshire. [his wife] Mary Williamina George Countess Craven by marriage Countess Craven in Yorkshire.

In 1922 William Craven 5th Earl Craven (age 24) was named in the divorce suit between George Cathcart, 5th Earl Cathcart (age 59) and Lady Cathcart (age 29), the former Vera Estelle Warter. Lord Cathcart obtained a "decree dissolving his marriage with Lady Cathcart, upon proof being given of her indiscretions with the Earl of Craven".

Around 1924 William Craven 5th Earl Craven (age 26) and Vera Estelle Fraser Countess Cathcart (age 31) travelled together to her homeland South Adrica. In 1925 [his wife] Mary Williamina George Countess Craven sued for divorce. It isn't clear whether they were divorced?

On 15th September 1932 William Craven 5th Earl Craven (age 35) died of peritonitis at Pau, France. His son [his son] William (age 15) succeeded 6th Earl Craven in Yorkshire, 6th Viscount Uffington, 12th Baron Craven of Hamstead Marshall in Berkshire.

In 1974 [his former wife] Mary Williamina George Countess Craven died.

Royal Ancestors of William Craven 5th Earl Craven 1897-1932

Kings Wessex: Great x 26 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 23 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 29 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 24 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Great x 25 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Henry IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 30 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of William Craven 5th Earl Craven 1897-1932

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Craven of Stanton Lacy

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Craven 6th Baron Craven

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Craven 1st Earl Craven 3 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Augustus Berkeley 4th Earl Berkeley Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Margrave Brandenburg Ansbach 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Craven 2nd Earl Craven 4 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Louisa Brunton Countess Craven

GrandFather: George Grimston Craven 3rd Earl Craven 5 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Emily Mary Grimston Countess Craven

Great x 4 Grandfather: Colonel Charles Jenkinson

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl Liverpool

Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Jenkinson Countess Verulam

Father: William Craven 4th Earl Craven 6 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

William Craven 5th Earl Craven 7 x Great Grand Son of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland

Mother: Cornelia Martin Countess Craven